republic. they re all enemies of the state. he is an enemy of the state. you want to know the truth. that comes as trump is contending with a slew of investigations picking up steam. how much will they impact his party this november? that s a big question. season two of the january 6th hearings are upon us. the house select committee is preparing for its end of the year sprint, expected to resume public hearings this month. the justice department presses on with its criminal investigation into the capitol attack. now there s the added suspense in the classified documents probe after the search of mar-a-lago. the washington post is reporting tonight that among the highly sensitive government documents found was one describing a foreign government s nuclear defense capabilities. the washington post sources didn t identify the foreign government in question or say where at mar-a-lago the document was found. other tersmaterials detail top secret operations so close ly gua
nightly news with lester holt. good evening from houston where i am on assignment working on a story for a future broadcast but our top story tonight, the flooding catastrophe in kentucky where officials say at least 19 people have died including children with a toll expected to climb. authorities are not even sure how many people are still missing with fresh concern about more life-threatening flash floods this weekend. urgent rescues in boats and from helicopters continue with crews saving hundreds already. the governor telling me on thursday it s by far the worst flooding disaster in his lifetime 6 more inches of rain are expected in parts of the already devastated region. northeast tennessee, southwest virginia and west virginia also in the storm zone. all of it accentuating a climate crisis that is causing more intense and frequent severe weather emergencies around the world we have it all covered tonight beginning with maggie vespa in hard hit kentucky. reporter: i
i ve told you, i hate to have to do this. things are being done, things are going as normal. i mean, it is just i hate it that a lot of these officers are having to go through this. senator tuberville is so sorry, and in the same breath claims it s not a big deal that key positions in our armed forces are going unfilled because of him. even fellow republicans are done with him. also tonight, eric trump gets testy on the witness stand in the new york fraud case after claiming, i know nothing about the trump organization s financial statements that he when he was shown evidence that he did know. oops. plus, the more you learn about speaker mike johnson, the more you realize that behind that mild mannered temperament is an extremist with a history of inflammatory rhetoric on lgbtq issues. and a live report from the israel gaza border after a day of intense bombardment as israeli soldiers encircle gaza city. we begin tonight with the second day of testimony from don
voltaren. the joy of movement. today s wave of attacks on lgbtq rights seemed unthinkable. this morning, the breaking story just moments ago, the supreme court and its landmark ruling, the court making same-sex legal. same-sex marriage legal. celebrations erupted on the steps of the supreme court. right after the decision was handed down. we have read from the bench there is a right to marriage equality. millions of americans felt joy and relief after that ruling. a vindication of decades of
As the same sex marriage plea is being heard in the Supreme Court once again, the Centre has asked all the states and UTs to issue their opinion on the LGBTQ rights issue.